Elvis Presley Persuasive Speech

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Every Christmas thousand of children receive toys that require batteries to operate them. Most of the time the box is marked, “Batteries not included.” Our dreams are like the gifts without batteries. The batteries needed to bring our dreams to life is equivalent to the action we take daily.

It is up to us to add the batteries = action to bring our dreams into reality. Choose. Take ‘charge.’ What are you waiting on?

If you lack the determination, what you’re really lacking is personal power and independence. Lacking personal power and independence is stressful. We have all experience stress filled days when we believe the entire kit and caboodle is slipping right through our hands. As if absolutely everything we’ve worked for is falling apart.
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He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century. Many refer to him as "the King of Rock and Roll.” In 1954, a teenage Elvis made his one and only appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. Jim Denny, the manager of the Grand Ole Opry, told him, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck." Can you image the stress that caused

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